{"id":113,"date":"2006-04-04T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=113"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:39:50","slug":"thats-why-they-call-it-a-team-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"That’s Why They Call It a Team<\/em> Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The Florida Gators are the 2006 NCAA mens college basketball champions<\/a> after a convincing 73-57 thrashing of the UCLA Bruins. With four starters in double figures and another reserve with nine points, the Gators feasted on a little bear and demonstrated definitively that it takes a full team to run the gauntlet to an NCAA title, not one or two consensus All Americans. Congrats to Donovan and crew (I guess). I know I should be more excited about an SEC team taking home the title, but we’re talking Florida here folks. I just can’t seem to get the bad taste of Steve Spurrier out of my mouth even after all these years. I was so bummed that I didn’t even stay up to watch “One Shining Moment.”<\/a>
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\nAll right, let’s get the rest of the unpleasantness over with. Here are the final Ocular Fusion Gang pool standings. Congrats to itakeupspace (care to ID yourself?) for being the best of the worst and Jason Bybee for a nice comeback (should have stuck with those Gators all the way–just think of what could have been):<\/p>\n

1. itakeupspace 76 pts. 37 correct
\n2. Number One Son 70 pts. 38 correct
\n3. jasonbybee 64.5 pts 35 correct
\n4. House of Orange 62 pts 36 correct
\n5. Number Three Son 57.5 34 correct
\n6. Mike the Eyeguy 50.5 32 correct
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\nThey seem to have a lot of Player of the Year Awards nowadays. J.J. Redick had already won the AP award<\/a> and even split one with Adam Morrison<\/a>, but he took home perhaps the biggest of all recently in receiving the Naismith Player of the Year Award. <\/a>Shelden Williams also won a Defensive Player of the Year Award<\/a>. I’m quite sure that both would trade their entire collection of hardware for one tiny national championship ring.<\/p>\n

For the first time in memory, I will actually be paying attention to the NBA draft this year and planning a pilgrimage to either Atlanta or Memphis.
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\nDuke takes on Maryland for the women’s title tonight<\/a>. I expect a closer game than the men’s final, and now that Ivory “Throw Her Down” Latta has limped back to Chapel Hill, one that is characterized by fine basketball rather than cheap wrestling moves.
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\nGo Cardinals–please, make this the year.\n<\/p>\n

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